Gazprom launches online tool for firms to track homeworkers’ power use

Falls in workplace energy consumption during Covid-19 lockdowns were almost completely offset by hiked home use, business supplier Gazprom Energy has calculated. Last year, average...

50,200 heat pump installers needed by 2030.  So let’s train them, say trade group.

Industry body the Heat Pump Association has this week launched a mass drive to train up installers needed to bring the low carbon technology...

Winter supply could be nearly constrained as last year, Grid warns

Nuclear and gas generator outages expected this winter could once again push availability over Britain’s power backbone to expensive short-term peaks, National Grid-ESO foresees. Issuing...

National Grid-ESO to be replaced by ‘more independent’ operator of Britain’s grid

Critics of the National Grid’s ambivalent ‘running with the fox, while hunting with the hounds’ status were vindicated today, as Beis ministers floated their...

The Energyst | Decarbonising industry and commerce – what are your ‘no regret’ first...

Date: Thursday 15th July 2021 Time: 9:00 – 10:30 Register here Synopsis: We explore strategies, data, procurement, energy efficiency; and ask if power purchase agreements are the right way to...

Enabling UK manufacturing’s green energy transition

Chris Rason, Managing Director at Aggreko UK, talks through how Energy as a Service (EaaS) models might help UK Manufacturers take control of their...

“Expensive” insulation means one-third of UK homeowners refuse to plug Europe’s leakiest homes: PWC

Payback lags averaging ten years on the builders’ bills needed to improve Europe’s leakiest homes are putting the Johnson government’s 2050 Net Zero goal...

NGP webinar offers insight into cutting energy, carbon and cost using energy management systems

NGP is inviting the industry to engage with a free-to-attend webinar which demonstrates how its energy management systems ClearVUE can help businesses gain greater...

Government pledges £44 m for green heat networks for homes & public buildings

Energy ministry Beis has unveiled plans to decarbonise Britain’s homes and public buildings, releasing £44 million to trial low-carbon heat networks, heat pumps and...

The Energyst – Latest issue out now

The latest edition of The Energyst is now ready to read today online or via the new Energyst App. The Energyst is now published monthly,...

Gasco IOG links with Heriot-Watt’s geoscience unit for CCS under North Sea

London-quoted gas extractor Independent Oil and Gas (IOG)  today announced a deal with Heriot-Watt University’s advanced studies unit, exploring ways to store carbon in...

Smart Meters: The past, the present and the future

Pilgrim Beart, cofounder and CEO of DevicePilot discusses how to exploit the potential of smarter meters In the decade since the UK really started its Smart...

The Energyst – Latest issue out now

The latest edition of The Energyst is now ready to read today online or via the new Energyst App. The Energyst is now published monthly,...

Eaton launches its Buildings as a Grid approach

Power management company Eaton is launching a suite of hardware, software and services that can transform buildings into energy hubs that extract maximum benefit...

COVID-19 has caused a 14% increase in home daytime heating

A new study from tado° has found that UK homes had their daytime heating on 14% more this winter in comparison to the previous...

Heineken is turning pandemic beer wast into green energy

A year ago (20th March 2021), speaking at a Downing Street press briefing, the Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that pubs were to be shut due...

ArcelorMittal launches low carbon steel initiatives

ArcelorMittal has launched its first three XCarb initiatives that will bring together all of its reduced, low and zero-carbon products, steelmaking activities and wider green...

Aluminium industry banking on near perfect recycling rates and CCUS to decarbonise

The aluminium sector is responsible for 1.1 billion tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions per annum, around 2% of global anthropogenic emissions. According to an...

Keeping leading UK brewery operations cool

ICS Cool Energy has helped a leading multinational brewery in Burton-on-Trent to fulfil its cold storage and process cooling needs. The brewery was looking for a...

Getting heat billing right

Fairly and accurately charging for heat has always been a problem to solve cheaply and easily when addressing the retrofit of existing properties. Ista’s...